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Closed Comments
After reading an article about gerrymandering that complained about how the Democrats got more votes while the Republicans got more seats in congress, my eyes betrayed me and drifted down to the comments. I noticed two in particular because they kept coming up over and over. (paraphrased representatives below to capture the theme ( Read more... ) -
Infinity is not a number
This morning I spent the better part of an hour writing a review on Walt Hickey's recent article about controversial math facts and then promptly deleted my work by trusting the browser with too much text and not saving partial work. I'm going to rewrite the part of the article I actually care about and leave the rest of the review in the ( Read more... ) -
By the last light of the setting sun
There's a longstanding story about a "green flash" that sometimes appears right at sunset if just the right conditions appear. Tonight I saw it for the first time. I was looking out over the ocean and the sky was almost completely clear except for a couple could near the horizon almost perfectly lined up with the sun ( Read more... ) -
Monster Eyes
I'm in the waiting room of my GP, and have just been informed that I have monster eyes. The informant is about four or five years old, so I take this information as impeccably reliable. I have an ongoing condition called cluster headaches.In the range of suffers of the condition I'm roughly in the middle. I have my clusters about 7-9 months ( Read more... ) -
The Clean Slate Argument
I saw geek feminist wiki for the first time today, and after browsing I found that there was a common tactic of troll that doesn't seem to be in their lexicon yet. I call it the Clean Slate argument. Here's a first draft of a write-up ( Read more... ) -
A poker first
I've been playing poker since I was a kid. I've been playing in casinos since college. Some times it feels like I've seen all the situations unfold and the challenge of reading people is what keep the game interesting. Today was an exception ( Read more... ) -
Ghostchaser: Save the date
Saturday October 6th: Ghostchaser rallye.
I've written my first A-B style gimmick rallye and will be presenting it with The Rallye Club on October 6th starting at Larry's AutoWorks. This is a puzzle game that should be a lot of fun. Slow driving in non-traffic areas. All you need is a pencil, a flashlight and a friend. A highlighter and a ( Read more... ) -
New anti-gay UCMJ clauses subvert their own intent
Representative Todd Akin of recent "Rape can't make you pregnant" infamy has been also mentioned in the news for what has been characterized as as protecting chaplains who refuse to conduct same-sex ceremoniesSection 536 of the NDAA does exactly that, and its neither unusual nor inappropriate by itself ( Read more... ) -
The Voting Rights test of our time
There is a criminal conspiracy in Florida ( Read more... ) -
Dinosaurs and Fundementalists
I like to listen to the stories people tell to explain their own existence and search for purpose. Here is something I noticed while listening ( Read more... )